Abortion bill adds ultrasound requirements

Invasive ultrasounds could be needed for women who seek to terminate pregnancies

6:51 AM,
Jun. 14, 2013

Written by

Russ Zimmer
CentralOhio.com

A group of Ohio House Republicans introduced a bill that will force some women seeking abortions to undergo invasive ultrasounds.

Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, sponsored House Bill 200 and 34 Republican co-sponsors, including Jeff McClain, R-Upper Sandusky, lent their signatures to the proposal, which also would extend waiting periods for abortions from 24 to 48 hours and make other modifications to Ohio's "informed consent" law.

"The goal of this bill is that the mother can see that she has a baby, not just a clump of cells - that she has a viable pregnancy, " Hood said. ...